The Toffees smashed Sunderland 6-2 in their last Premiership game and they are now looking to maintain their good performance with another win – this time against West Ham in London. Everton have lost only one away game this campaign and that’s why they are confident enough before the upcoming fixture. Lukaku and Kone are in really good shape and they are expected to find the net again against The Hammers.

Furthermore, West Ham lost their last game against Watford 2-0 at Vicarage Road and didn’t impress with their performance on the pitch. That was The Hammers first away defeat of the season. However, if West Ham overcome the defeat, they can easily be back in the fight for one of the top 4 places.

The striker, Andy Carroll, who secured the victory against Chelsea with his late header goal, was the man who made the fatal error leading to the first Watford goal of the match. He needs to improve his performance in order to help his team against an on-form Everton.

Team News

Enner Valencia and Alex Song have recently recovered from their injuries and now they can be included in West Ham’s group again.

No injured players for The Hammers. Slaven Bilic can play his best in the upcoming match against Everton.

Oviedo, who received an injury in Everton’s last game against Sunderland, is doubtful for the visit to The Boleyn Ground.

Besic, Hibbert, Baines, Jagielka and Pienaar are surely missing the match. Jagielka is expected to return to the pitch in December.

Quotes of the week

Slaven Bilic (West Ham) :“West Ham still have a room for improvement.”

Roberto Martinez (Everton) :“I couldn’t care less if Everton concede the first goal of any game.”